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Kaduna Gov Meets Security Chiefs Over Insecurity - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 2, 2023
Chief Press Secretary, to the Governor, Muhammad Lawal Shehu, in a statement, said Uba expressed worries and reiterated that safety and security were the major focus of his administration’s seven-point agenda.
He also called on heads of security agencies to facilitate or organise an all-inclusive security summit, with a view to promoting community-engagement and the creation of public enlightenment on public safety and security.
The heads of security agencies however, assured the Governor of their total commitment to the restoration of peace in troubled areas, particularly the eight frontline local government areas and beyond.


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Kaduna Government Enrols 136,507 Poor Informal Sector Into Health Insurance Scheme - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2022
KADCHMA Head of Administration and Finance, Suleiman Mustapha announced this in Kaduna, at a one-day Roundtable Dialogue on maternal and child health.
The dialogue was organised by the Maternal and Child Health-Civil Society, MCH-CS Partnership with support from Save the Children International.
The Executive Secretary of the Authority, Abubakar Hassan explained that KADCHMA was established in February 2018 and commenced provision of health services in June 2020.
In her remarks, Chairperson, Maternal and Child Health-Civil Society Partnership, Dorcas Adeyemi said the objective of the dialogue was to share updates on key mandates and programmes of selected health agencies.

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Kaduna Governorship Election: Tribunal To Adopt Written Addresses August 19 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 16, 2019
The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will resume sitting on August 19, to begin adoption of written addresses by all parties in the petition instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Read This: Public Hearing: Reps Committee Summons DSS, CBN, NNPC, Customs
The Secretary to the tribunal, HafsatSuleiman, disclosed this on Friday in Kaduna.
She said the State and NationalAssembly Election Petition Tribunal will resume to open fresh hearing onpetition number two which was brought by a House of Representatives candidatein the February 16 elections.
While the governorship tribunal isresuming for the adoption of addresses by the petitioners and the threerespondents.
it could be recalled that thegovernorship tribunal had on July 25, adjourned hearing after admittingwitnesses of all the three respondents in the petition filed by the PDP and itscandidate, Isah Ashiru, after the March 9 governorship election in Kadunastate.
PDP and Ashiru instituted thepetition seeking to upturn the declaration of Nasir El-Rufai as winner of theKaduna state governorship election.
The petitioners had called 135witnesses out of the 685 they said they had assembled to provide evidence ofalleged massive rigging, ballot stuffing and other irregularities, they allegedcharacterised the poll.

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Kaduna Govt Directs Schools To Open Sept. 12 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 10, 2021
The Director-General, Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance, Umma Ahmed, issued the order in the State’s 2021/2022 School’s Calendar for primary and secondary schools, made available to journalists in Kaduna.
According to her, the First Term will run from September 12 to December 17; Second Term, January 9, 2022, to April 8, 2022; and Third Term, August 6, 2022, to September 3, 2022.
According to him, every pupil and student will be promoted to the next class to enable the state to catch up with the rest of the states who have concluded the 2020/2021 session.

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Kaduna Govt Reassures Birnin-Gwari People Of Safety Of Lives - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 13, 2020
The Kaduna State Government hasreiterated its commitment towards addressing security challenges inBirnin-Gwari Local Government Area and other parts of the state.
The State’s Head of Service BariatuYusuf Mohammed stated this while receiving stakeholders from Birnin-Gwari whocame on congratulatory visit on her re-appointment.
She also emphasised that the StateGovernor never liked the security challenges in some parts of the state and hadbeen working hard to address the challenges.
Earlier in his remarks, leader ofthe delegation, Abdullahi Jariri appealed to the government not to relent onits efforts in addressing the security challenges.

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Kaduna GOVT Recruits 500 Youths To Clean Up Streets Major Roads – Official - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2022
Acting Director, Municipal Waste Management, KCTA Umar Haira’u stated this in an interview in Kaduna.
Haira’u said the youths were engaged under the Kaduna State COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Programme, KD-CARES Labour-Intensive Public Works, LIPW.
He explained that the LIPW was designed to keep the environment clean while financially empowering the youth to enable them recover from the effects of COVID-19.
The acting director noted that the main task of the youths was to sweep all major roads and pick up litter along the road and put them in sacks for evacuation by Private Service Providers, PSP, adding that the KCTA has engaged 13 private service providers, who were contracted to manage waste collection and disposal in the state.


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Kaduna Govt Reiterates Commitment To End Child Marriage - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 30, 2022
Acting Governor of the State, Hadiza Balarabe, made the pledge at the inauguration of a two-day experience-sharing workshop on child marriage in Kaduna.
She added that child marriage has been identified as one of the key challenges affecting the northern part of the country, which portends negative consequences on education, sexual and reproductive health.
According to her, child and forced marriage are harmful and a violation of human rights, stressing the need to change the narrative towards ending the menace in the country.
The Acting Governor added that government had introduced 12-year free and compulsory education for all in the state.
On her part, the Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Hafsat Baba described child marriage as a global issue and harmful practice to the society. She advised parents and guardians not to push children under the age of 18 to early marriage, adding the practice caused devastating end to the life of a child.
In his remarks, UNFPA Specialist, Adolescent Health, Reproductive Health and Youth Development, Bahijjatu Garko, urged the Kaduna State Government to adopt practical measures to fast-track the implementation of compulsory and free education programme to end child marriage.

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Kaduna Govt Releases N920m For Payment Of Pensions, Gratuities - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 15, 2023
This is contained in a statement issued by the Executive Secretary of Kaduna State Pension Bureau, Salamatu Isah, in Kaduna.
She said that the amount covered batch 54 for the state and local government retirees and death benefits, and that the payment would be in the old Defined Benefit Scheme DBS.
The executive secretary further disclosed that the state pensioners and retired civil servants would get N400 million, while their counterpart from the local government service would receive N520 million.
Salamatu further explained that the payment which is under the Contributory Pension Scheme CPS, would be done by the Pension Funds Administrators PFAs.


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Kaduna Govt. Restates Committment To Social Protection Of Citizens - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 8, 2023
The Main Person, Kaduna Social Investment Office KADSIO, Saude Atoyebi, while speaking at a one-day citizen’s engagement on the Kaduna State draft social security bill.
The engagement was organised by Civil Society Open Government Partnership OGP Technical Working Group CS-TWG on social protection, in collaboration with KADSIO and Ministry of Justice.
She pointed out that establishment of an agency for protection and a social security trust fund, which were part of the OGP action plan, could be made possible through the Social Security Bill.
Saude noted that the goal of the Social Security Bill was to establish and concretise the social protection system, to care for the poor and vulnerable people through targeted benefits embedded across programmes and schemes.


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Kaduna Govt. Sets Up Committee To Review Agencies’ Performance - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 6, 2023
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Muhammad Shehu, in a statement said the decision was to ensure that government agencies operate at the highest level of efficiency and effectiveness.
Shehu added that the committee will be chaired by the Deputy Governor, Hadiza Balarabe, who will be responsible for conducting a comprehensive analysis and appraisal of all State government parastatals to assess their performance, identify areas of improvement, and make recommendations where necessary.
The Chief Press Secretary said that the committee has three weeks to submit its report. According to him, the findings will help to identify areas where government agencies can improve their service delivery and meet the needs of the citizens.
Members of the committee are the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Sani Liman; Head of Service, Habiba Shekarau, and Senior Advisor-Counsellor, Muhammad Hafiz Bayero, among others.


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Kaduna Guber: 18 Candidates 41 Political Parties Reject Result - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 12, 2019
POC: As the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Kaduna declares candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC Nasir El-Rufai winner of the 2019 guber polls, eighteen candidates and fourth one political party have rejected the result.
The candidates under theaegies of Coalition of United Political Parties CUPP said there were lot ofirregularities and they would head to the court.
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Kaduna Guber Election: Tribunal To Deliver Judgment Tomorrow - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
August 1, 2019
TheAppeal Court sitting in Kaduna will deliver judgment tomorrow, Thursday, on asuit filed by first and second Appellant, People’s Democratic Party, PDP andits gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna State Isa Ashiru Kudan for refusal of theGovernorship Election Petition Tribunal to allow one of its witnesses who is anexpert, to testify.
Thoughthe witness appeared before the governorship election tribunal, but was notallowed to testify by the tribunal; by that single act, the appellant, IsaAshiru Kudan and the PDP approached the Appeal Court to compel the tribunal toallow the expert to testify.
Whenthe case came up for hearing, counsel to the second defendant Nasiru El-Rufa’i, O.A. Dada and counsel to the third defendant, APC Sharafa Yusuff, in theirseparate presentation urged the court to dismiss the case.
Earlier,the presiding judge, Justice Adamu Jauro along with four other judges solicitedfor the counsels’ cooperation towards a speedy dispensation of justice in thematter.

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Kaduna Guber: INEC To Cancel Polling Votes Without Card Reader - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 9, 2019
TheResident Electoral Commissioner in Kaduna State Abdullahi Adamu Kaugama hasstated that the commission will cancel votes of any polling unit thatrefused to use the card reader.
Healso said the commission has not received any letter from the 38 gubernatorialcandidates that signified their intention to step down for any Candidate in thegubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly polls.
LibertyNews Correspondent Muhammed Idris reports that Kaugama made this known whileaddressing the newsmen in Kaduna at INEC office.
TheCommissioner said all the voting materials have been delivered successful tothe 23 local government areas of the state. He added that 34,000 ad-hoc staff havebeen engaged for the exercise and 10,000 out the total numberare Corps members.
Hesaid any voting without the use of card reader in any polling unit will becancelled. He also assured that there are technicians to address any faultycard reader on the field. He said 90 percent of returning officers who aremostly professors to handle the exercise were from Ahmadu Bello University, ABUZaria.


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Kaduna Guber: PDP To Challenge El-Rufai, Victory At Tribunal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 12, 2019
AOC: The People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Kaduna State is to challenge the trials, the outcome of the just concluded gubernatorial election that declared Governor Nasir El-rufai as the winner.
Theparty’s flag bearer Isa Ashiru Kudan made this public while addressing themedia in Kaduna.
LibertyNews Correspondent, Mohammed Idris reports.


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Kaduna Guber Poll: Witnesses Testify Against El-Rufai At Tribunal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 18, 2019
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has presented seventeen witnesses out of the six hundred and eighty five it lined up as it opened its case against the declaration of Governor Nasir El-Rufai as winner  of the March 9th  Governorship election in Kaduna State.
The PDP and its Governorship candidate in the poll, Isah Ashiru are asking the state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to nullify the election of El-Rufai and declare its candidate the winner having scored the majority of valid votes cast during the election.
The petitioners, who joined INEC, APC and El-Rufai in the case, alleged that the poll was characterised by massive rigging, ballot box stuffing and violence in one hundred and ten wards in twelve local government areas of the state.
The PDP, at the resumed hearing on Monday, submitted names of 17 persons as first batch of witnesses who began testifying before the tribunal.
The Tribunal has adjourned to today, Tuesday, June 18 to continue, after taking three witnesses from Zaria local government.


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Kaduna Guber: Tribunal Adjourns Again As El-Rufai, APC Fail To Present Witnesses - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 23, 2019
TheGovernorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna had adjoined sittingto tomorrow Wednesday 24 July, 2019 due to inability of Governor Nasir El-Rufaiand the All Progressive Congress, APC to present their witnesses.
LibertyNews Correspondent, Mohammed Idris reports that El-rufail again appealedthrough his counsel Sule Usman that his witnesses could not make it to thetribunal due to what he called witness logistic problem.
APCand El-Rufai have been giving a fourteen days grace to present their witnessesin defence of the petition by Isah Ashiru Kudan and the People’s DemocraticParty, PDP.
Othercounsel at the tribunal all agreed with the adjournment.
It will be recalled that the first and second appellant Isa Ashiru Kudan
and PDP have already presented their witnesses and so also the Independent national Electoral Commission, INEC that promised to present ten witnesses but presented only one.


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Kaduna Guber Tribunal Hears Witnesses July 18 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 15, 2019
The governorship election petitiontribunal sitting in Kaduna had adjoined sitting to Thursday 18 July less thanan hour after it resumes from recess today.
Liberty news Correspondent, MuhammedIdris reports that this was due to an appeal made by counsel to the firstdefendant The Independent national Electoral Commission, INEC Barrister AliyuUmar asserting that INEC witnesses could not appear today Monday before thetribunal and till Wednesday. He said those meant to appear are still attendinga meeting organised by INEC headquarters to review the 2019 election.
The presiding Judge, Justice Ibrahim told counsel to INEC to solicit the consent of other counsels on whether they agree to his request.
Read Related News: Court Adjourns Kaduna APC Congress Case To July 4th
Counsel to the first and secondpetitioner Isa Ashiru Kudan and the Peoples Democratic party, PDP BaristerElisha Kura SAN, counsel to the second defendant Nasiru El-rufai, Peter Ayubaand counsel to the third defendant APC, Ibrahim Bawa SAN all agreed with theplea of counsel to the 1st defendant INEC. In addition, Aliyu Umar said INECintend to present ten witnesses before the tribunal in fives days as directedby the tribunal.
Meanwhile justice Ibrahim Bako hadadjoin sitting till Thursday 18-07-2019.

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Kaduna Guber Tribunal: Lawyers Directed To Assemble Witnesses June 17th - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 15, 2019
The Governorship Election PetitionTribunal sitting in Kaduna has directed counsels representing their clients inthe matter before it to study documents brought to it by witnesses to appearbefore it and decide which ones are genuine for the witnesses.
The issue came up when counsels to first and second petitioners Isa Ashiru Kudan and People’s Democratic Party, PDP Ferdinard Obi SAN signified his intention to bring six hundred and eighty five witnesses to appear before it to testify, as a result of  demand of Obi.
It  generated a lot argument from legal counsels of the first, second and third defendants: the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Nasir El-Rufai and All Progressive Congress, APC lawyers; Aliyu Umar, Abdulhakim  Mustapha, SAN and  Ibrahim Bawa, SAN.
While Justice Ibrahim Bako had adjourned the case to Monday 17 June, he also agreed that witnesses should appear before the tribunal to testify.


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Kaduna: Gunmen Kill Seven Family Members, 17 Others In Fresh Attack - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 4, 2022
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home
Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed this to newsmen saying that security
agencies are working assiduously to contain the attacks and also get an
update on the number of casualties.
According to the locals, the incident occurred on Monday night when
the bandits in their large numbers invaded the community and started
shooting sporadically, killing the family members in the process.
But a community leader, Bello Musa, said that many residents of the
village have fled from their homes due to fear of being attacked or killed
by the marauding bandits.
He, however, appealed to the Federal Government to deploy more troops
to Igabi and other troubled zones in Kaduna State in order to protect the
people from further attacks.
The gunmen carried similar attack on 13 other villages in Kerawa ward
in Igabi local government area, killing no fewer than 17 people.
According to a resident of the community, the attacks were carried out
simultaneously in the villages.

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Kaduna Insecurity: 1,192 Persons Killed, 3,348 Kidnapped In 2021 - Official - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 1, 2022
The report also indicated that bandits rustled 13,623 animals and injured
891 people during the period under review.
Speaking on Tuesday while presenting the security report for the fourth
quarter and overall security review of 2021, the Commissioner for
Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, also said 304
persons were killed and 795 persons were kidnapped in the fourth
quarter of 2021.
He said the attacks were ethnic clashes resulting in reprisal attacks and
banditry related killings.
He also said that 309 bandits were killed by security operatives during
the period under review.

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Kaduna Insecurity: Farmers Threaten To Take Up Arms Over Incessant Kidnaps, Killings - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 14, 2022
The assertion came after farmers spent eight days at home without going to the farm due to insecurity.
Farmers in Kajuru, Mararaban Rido, Kachia, Kagoro, Kawo and Zaria in a statement said bandits have caged them and prevented them from going to their farms.
They said since 2015 when bandits spread across the state, they were no longer free to go to their farms as they would love to.
They pleaded with security agents in to intensify efforts aimed at combating crime in the state.


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Kaduna Insecurity: Kidnappers, Boko Haram Working Together For Ransom - El-Rufai - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
October 5, 2019
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kadunastate has said that intelligence report showed that kidnappers are nowcollaborating with some elements of Boko Haram to abduct people for ransom,just hours after gunmen kidnaped six girls and two staff members from aboarding school in Kaduna.
El-Rufai who made this known whilespeaking with State House Correspondents after Juma’at prayers at the StateHouse Mosque, explained that intelligence showed that schools in the state werethe primary targets of the bandits.
He further said that the kidnappershave demanded for ransom but he declined to make public the amount mentioned.
El-Rufai explained that stategovernment has made sufficient provisions to beef-up security in state schools,adding that the kidnappers of the students and teachers succeeded because theschool was in a remote place. He assured that following the efforts ofgovernment with the security agencies, the students would soon be released.

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Kaduna Insecurity: Several Abducted As Bandits Block Highway, Set Buses Ablaze - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 1, 2022
Bandits blocked the highway yesterday and in the process, set about eight vehicles ablaze.
Although the police authorities in the state have yet to confirm the incident, it is unclear if any life was lost to the attack.
The Chairman of Birnin Gwari Governance, Ibrahim Nagwari, confirmed the attack in a statement to newsmen.
He also raised fears that the armed men have formed an alliance with the Ansaru terrorist group to declare war on the residents of Birnin-Gwari, stressing that the political will of the government to tackle the security threats has remained a mirage.


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Kaduna International Polo Tournament Begins Saturday - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 18, 2021
Addressing journalists in Kaduna, Abubakar said the tournament will run from October 23 to 30.
He said, 27 teams have so far confirmed their participation.
Abubakar noted that the tournament will be COVID–19 compliant and all the necessary steps will be taken to adhere to the COVID-19 protocols.
He thanked the traditional sponsors of the tournament, First Bank PLC, and other sponsors for their support in this year’s tournament.
On his part, the Tournament Manager, Mr Ibrahim Kotongora, revealed that Kaduna polo club received 48.5 million naira from sponsors.

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Kaduna IRS Sensitises Taxpayers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 2, 2021
The Executive Chairman of the service, Zaid Abubakar, explained at the engagement in Kaduna that the goal was to interact with taxpayers and get feedback on challenges affecting voluntary tax compliance.
The sensitisation has as its theme, “Digitisation of Tax Administration, Taxpayer Education and Voluntary Compliance: Panacea for Fiscal Resilience Towards Building a Modern Society”.
Abubakar explained that the event was supported by Christian Aid and Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn, a UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office governance programme.
According to him, the engagement is necessary to enable the service to interact and document challenges the taxpayers want to be addressed, especially issues of remittance of tax returns and payment.

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Kaduna Killings: Peace Commission Chairman Expresses Worries Over Insecurity In Communities - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 18, 2019
The Chairman, Kaduna state Peace Commission Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon has expressed concern over the challenges of insecurity in some parts of the state.
Idowu-Fearon made the expression in Kaduna while speaking at a press conference on Peaceful and Harmonious Coexistence in Kaduna. He urged the people of the state to support security agencies and other stakeholders towards addressing the criminality in the state.
According to the chairman, the challenges of insecurity are most prevalent in Birnin Gwari as well as some parts of Chikun, Igabi, Kachia, Kajuru, Kagarko and Kauru Local Government Areas.
Idowu-Fearon said the peaceful outcome of the general elections in the state was as a result of the synergy between the people and security agencies. He observed that although peace had returned to some areas that witnessed conflict in the southern senatorial zone, efforts must be focused in areas where new confrontations were emerging.
He urged all stakeholders to support the committee in delivering its mandate of building peace in the state, saying all must  resist temptations to act violently.

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Kaduna LG Polls: Muslim, Christian Clerics Sue For Peace - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 3, 2021
The stakeholders include Christian and Muslim clerics and civil society organisations.
In an interaction with journalists in Kaduna, the General Overseer of Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, Pastor Yohanna Buru, stressed the need for peace and unity before during and after the LG elections.
Buru said the LG elections are coming amid security challenges and high cost of living and so there was the need to sensitize the public on the need to fear God and promote religious tolerance.
He called on residents to equally pray to God to bring an end to the security challenges bedeviling the state.
A Muslim cleric from Barnawa, Kaduna,  Gambo Abdullahi also urged the youth to join hands to spread the message of peace and unity during the elections.
He stressed the need for every stakeholder to support the state government toward having a successful poll.

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Kaduna Mandates Covid Vaccination For Civil Servants - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 20, 2021
The government reiterated that the Ministry of Health has since commenced the vaccination of all civil servants, and this is expected to be completed by the end of October.
According to a statement issued by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye, ‘’visitors to government offices will need to present their vaccination cards. According to Adekeye, Kaduna State Government is constantly monitoring Covid-19 infections in the state and reviewing the pattern of spread.

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Kaduna: NGO Inaugurates Drugs, Substance Abuse-Free Clubs In 15 Schools - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
November 22, 2019
ANon-Governmental Organistion, Care and Action Research, CaRE-NGO hasinaugurated Drugs and Substance Abuse-free Club in 15 Junior Secondary Schoolsin Kaduna metropolis.
TheNGO’s Executive Director, Joy Dogo said at the inauguration ceremony in Kadunathat the measure was to prevent drugs and substance abuse among adolescents inthe state.
Shenoted that the Prevention of Drugs and Substance Abuse Among Adolescent projectwas being supported by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC.
Joyexplained that the clubs, made up of 20 members in each of the 15 schools,totaling 300 students, were trained on the dangers and prevention of drugs andsubstance abuse.
TheProject Officer, Mendos Dogo said that the clubs had developed work plans thatwould guide their activities in their respective schools. He added thatCaRE-NGO would carry out monthly supervision of the clubs to monitor theiractivities to ensure sustainability.

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Kaduna/NLC Face Off: C’ttee Recommends Payment Of Benefits For Disengaged Workers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 12, 2021
The Bipartite Committee constituted to resolve the dispute between the Kaduna State Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, recommended that the State Government should pay the disengaged staff of the Local Government, State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB and the Primary Health Care Board and all those not paid, should be paid appropriate benefits.
The recommendation was contained in the interim report submitted by the Chairman of the Committee and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Peter Tarfa to Minister, Chris Ngige at the Ministry in Abuja.
Presenting the report, Tarfa said the Committee also recommended that the Staff of Kaduna State Development Company who were disengaged between 2017 and 2020 should be paid their appropriate benefits.
According to him, there is also need for consultation between the Government and Labour in line with the prescription of the Labour Act and other relevant Labour statutes.
Receiving the interim report of the 10-man Bipartite Committee, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige said the dispute could have been worse if not for the intervention of the Federal Government.


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Kaduna NSCDC Command Charges Promoted Officers To Show Commitment To Duty - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 22, 2022
Addressing the officers, the Commandant Idris Adah also charged the promoted officers to remain disciplined and avoid actions that would tarnish the image of the corps.
He also urged the officers to reciprocate the gesture in the discharge of their duties and responsibilities diligently and also encourage others yet to be promoted, to remain patient.
Adah assured of the command’s intensity in the fight against destruction of critical infrastructure and other forms of criminality in the state.
He however, thanked the Commandant General of NSCDC, Ahmed Audi, for his unrelenting efforts on staff welfare anddevelopment. On behalf of the officers, the deputy Commandant, Adekpe Ogiri, also thanked the leadership of the corps for finding them worthy of promotion

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Kaduna NSCDC Handover 6 Minors, 3 Suspects To NAPTIP - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 29, 2019
The Kaduna Command of the NigeriaSecurity and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC has handed over six children and threesuspected human traffickers to Kano Zonal Office of the National Agency forProhibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP for further investigation.
The State’s Commandant, BabangidaDutsima who made the announced in a statement in Kaduna, said the Ministry ofHuman Services and Social Development, Kaduna state referred the case to thecommand for investigation on August 23rd.
He explained that the survivors weretrafficked from Jigawa and Katsina states for labour exploitation in Kaduna andAbuja through an agent, Maimuna, whose niece is also among the victims.
He added that investigation revealedthat while some were placed on salaries of three thousand naira per monthothers were paid five thousand naira payable to the agent.


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Kaduna, Plateau New Governors Pledge Better Deals For States Amid Debt Burden - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
May 30, 2023
El-Rufai, in his farewell speech also stated that 5 billion naira was left in the Treasury Single Account, TSA, and 2.05 million dollars in domiciliary account.
He however, maintained that as at the last financial year, the state government had the following liabilities: domestic debt of 64.54 billion naira, other contingent liabilities of 16 billion naira and foreign debts of 577.32 million dollars.
Also, in Plateau state, Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, said he inherited over 200 billion naira debt burden from the former State Governor, Simon Lalong.
The new Governor also expressed the concern during his inauguration at the Jos Wrang Pam township stadium.
Mutfwang said his administration had resolved and resolute in their desire for a new Plateau.


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Kaduna: Police Arrest Man Whose Kidnap Trick Led To Mob Killings - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
May 22, 2019
The Kaduna State Police Command said it had arrested the man whose false kidnap alarm led to the killing of three innocent persons at Kawo in Kaduna metropolis on Monday.
The Command’s Spokesman Yakubu Sabo made this known in Kaduna.
He said the Musa Imam who raised the false alarm that attracted the mob who lynched the driver and incited disturbances was arrested by Operatives investigating the incident.
It would be recalled that the suspect had allegedly raised an alarm that he was being kidnapped at the crowded Kawo flyover thereby attracting a mob who lynched one person the man claimed was among the kidnappers.
Two other people were allegedly shot by security agents trying to extricate themselves from the surging mob.
The Police had explained that the incident was not a kidnap attempt but that Musa was trailed by policemen from Lagos command for jumping bail in an ongoing fraud case. It said that the suspect misled a mob in the area who lynched and set ablaze the driver conveying his sureties and set the vehicle ablaze


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Kaduna Police Arrests Kidnappers, Robbers, Dismissed Soldier, Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 8, 2019
The Kaduna State PoliceCommand has paraded about seventy criminals, including suspected kidnappers,armed robbers and other criminal suspects at Rijana, along Kaduna-Abujahighway.
Among the paradedsuspects was a dismissed soldier who was thrown out of the army some time agofor shooting his commander.
The state’s PoliceCommissioner Ali Aji Janga who paraded the suspects said in the operations thatled to the arrest of the criminals, several guns and over four hundred cattlewere recovered from the suspects.
The Police Commissioneradded that operatives and other units have also recorded some successes withthe apprehension of more than seventy suspects for various crimes whichincludes; “Criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping, cattle rustling,culpable homicide, shop breaking and theft, impersonation and receiving ofstolen property.

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Kaduna: Police Neutralise Notorious Bandit, Recover Operational Vehicle - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 9, 2023
The Command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the development in a statement in Kaduna.
According to him, aggressive patrols along the road have been intensified, to forestall future occurrences.
Jalige said the Commissioner of Police, Musa Garba, commended the gallantry and professionalism exhibited by the personnel.
He said the CP urged them to sustain the onslaught against banditry and other forms of criminalities in the State.


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Kaduna Public Schools Moving From Analog To Digital Teaching – Commissioner - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2020
The Kaduna State Government says itis re-positioning the teaching service to improve the quality of teaching andlearning in public primary and secondary schools in the State.
The state’s Commissioner forEducation, Dr. Shehu Makarfi, made this known in Kaduna when he visitedteachers undergoing training on “Classroom All-inclusive Teacher EmpowermentSolution, CATES.’’
Reports say CATES is a digitaltraining programme under the World Bank-supported Global Partnership forEducation, GPE, designed to improve the delivery of teaching in primaryschools.
Makarfi said the State wasdetermined to transform its teaching service from analog to digital, in orderto provide quality education in the State.
He said plans had been concluded totrain all public primary and secondary school teachers in the State on theadoption and utilisation of Information and Communication Technology, ICT, inteaching.
He said Government had entered intopartnership with some training institutions to conduct this training, whichwould be concluded in the next five years.

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Kaduna Pyramid ‘Ll Crash Maize Price – MAAN - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 16, 2022
MAAN National President, Bello Abubakar made this known at a  pre-launch briefing in Abuja.
Abubakar said despite the present insecurity and climate change challenges, maize farmers had  been able to produce 20 million metric tonnes as at the end of 2021.
According to him, maize and 22 agricultural commodities are part of the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers Programme, designed to accelerate food security, economic growth and job creation.
The 21 maize pyramids which would  be unveiled on  March 22, would also mark the 30th anniversary celebration of the association,  and would follow with a book launch to guide good agronomic practices to enhance more production.
The president said the essence was to tell Nigerians that MAAN could produce sufficient maize for Nigeria’s market and to show that the Anchor Borrowers loans could be repaid.


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Kaduna Red Cross Trains 45 On First Aid Response During Emergences - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 6, 2020
The Nigerian Red Cross Society has advocated for active participation of youth in voluntary activities as it begins a three-day training on first aid during emergencies for 45 members in Kaduna State.
The Society’s Branch Secretary, Sunday Awulu at the opening of the training in Kaduna said it is to equip the participants with knowledge on basic first aid to strengthen their capabilities in attending to emergencies.
The 45 participants were drawn from Chikun Local Government area of the state.
In his remarks, one of the trainers Stanley Effiong explained the importance of first aid response in emergency, saying it was necessary to save lives without discrimination, adding that first aid response helps to buy time for causalities before they get secondary assistance.
On his part, , the State Chairman of the Society, Sunday Oibe, called on the participants to utilize the opportunity and make good use of the training so as to become source of help to their families and immediate community.

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Kaduna Revenue Service Dismisses 5% Tax On Tuition Fees - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 17, 2022
KADIRS Head of Corporate Communication, Zakari Mohammed, in a statement in Kaduna, urged members of the public to regard the information as fake.
He added that the KADIRS had no plan of implementing any five per cent tax on tuition fees.
He called on the public to consider the misinformation as the work of mischief makers and saboteurs.
According to him, the mischief makers and saboteurs are only out to smear the progress achieved by the state government through the revenue service in deepening voluntary tax compliance in the state.

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Kaduna School Abduction: 32 Additional Baptist Students Regain Freedom - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 28, 2021
The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kaduna State, Rev. John Hayab, confirmed the release of the students to newsmen on Saturday, in Kaduna.
Hayab said 32 of the students were freed on Friday evening, while the remaining 31 students are still with the captors.
The kidnappers had on July 5 attacked the school and took away 121 students from their hostels.
The bandits released 28 of them on July 25, after a ransom was allegedly paid, and released 15 more on August 22.
At least 90 of the students have now regained their freedom while 31 remain in captivity.
Kidnapping for ransom has become common in Kaduna as well as other states in the North-West and North-Central as armed men increasingly become emboldened.


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Kaduna Seeks To Consolidate $2.6bn Investments – Official - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 9, 2021
Executive Secretary of Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency, KADIPA Umma Aboki explained that private investment is the best vehicle for job creation, and it is eager to bring together the sector, international development partners and finance institutions to identify opportunities in the state and take the investment initiatives that create growth.
She announced this at a pre-event press briefing in Kaduna, adding that the summit had been slated for September 23 to 24, with the theme, ”Towards a sustainable knowledge-based economy”.
Umma said the short term goal of the summit was to deliver on job creation, inclusive economic growth, socio-economic transformation and improvement in the quality of life, through higher productivity and competitiveness.

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Kaduna State Gets Committee To Address Land Dispute - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 20, 2022
The affected Basawa community in Sabon Gari Local Government Area has a protracted land dispute with the 11 Field Engineers Nigeria Army located in the area.
The state delegation was led by Director Land Dispute, Kaduna State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Abdullahi Salihu, to a meeting at the Sabon Gari council.
The meeting was attended by Surveyor-General of Kaduna State and representatives of Zazzau Emirate Council, community leaders, the Sabon Gari council, security agencies and the commandant Basawa Barracks.
Salihu said the meeting was a fact finding mission with a view to report back to the state government for amicable resolution of the matter, thereafter the meeting went into a close door session.
The Chairman, Bomo Land Dispute Committee, Siraju Bomo, said the meeting was convened to reconcile the community and Basawa Barracks over land dispute.

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Kaduna State Government Bans Transportation Of Livestock From, Into Kaduna –Commissioner - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 3, 2021
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan said that after wide consultations and thorough security reviews, the state government banned the transportation of livestock from the state to other states in the country, as well as into the state from other states.
He further disclosed that the Kawo weekly market, which usually held every Tuesday, in Kaduna North LGA, has also been suspended with immediate effect.
Aruwan reminded residents of the state that the previous directives suspending weekly markets and the sale of petrol in jerrycans in Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Chikun, Igabi and Kajuru LGAs was still in place.


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Kaduna State Government To Recruit 10, 000 Teachers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 19, 2024
Commissioner for Education in the state, Sani Bello, said the decision is coming as part of the ongoing efforts to enhance the education sector in the state.
Director of Planning in the Ministry, Salisu Baba Lawal, announced this during discussions on findings and lessons learned from the study, on the implementation of the teacher’s recruitment, deployment, and retention policy in Kaduna state.
Bello also emphasized collaborative measures between the Kaduna state government and the federal government to ensure security personnel presence in schools located in conflict and crisis areas.
He outlined plans for teacher and student training on early warning signs of insecurity, highlighting the partnership with the United Nations UNICEF in this endeavor.
On his part, Kaduna State Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT Ibrahim Dalhatu, underlined the need for constructive criticism, and recommendations for policy improvements.

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Kaduna State Govt Bans Transportation Of Livestock From, Into Kaduna –Commissioner - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 3, 2021
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan
said that after wide consultations and thorough security reviews, the state
government banned the transportation of livestock from the state to other
states in the country, as well as into the state from other states.
He further disclosed that the Kawo weekly market, which usually held
every Tuesday, in Kaduna North LGA, has also been suspended with
immediate effect.
Aruwan reminded residents of the state that the previous directives
suspending weekly markets and the sale of petrol in jerrycans in Birnin
Gwari, Giwa, Chikun, Igabi and Kajuru LGAs was still in place.


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Kaduna SUBEB To Return 10,500 Repatriated ‘Almajiri’ Children, Others To School - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 19, 2021
The SUBEB Chairman, Tijjani Abdullahi, said this at the engagement of stakeholders, held in Kaduna.
He said rewards would be given to states that achieve the target of successfully enrolling out-of-school and repatriated Almajiri children and others back to school.
SUBEB, under the Basic Education Service Delivery for All BESDA, also plans to return to school 24,000 girls and 16,500 vulnerable children in 14 Local Government Areas in the state.
Abdullahi, represented by the Director, Quality Assurance, Tanko Aliyu, said that the selected Local Governments are those who had a lot of clustered Almajiris.
According to him, the funds being approved for the programme for enrolling back the children will be paid back by the state government if the task is not accomplished.
He urged those saddled with the task to work hard to accomplish it successfully for the befit of the communities and the state at large.

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Kaduna: Terrorists Kill Two Persons, Abduct 30 Others In Birnin-Gwari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 6, 2023
A survivor, Mallam Isa, said the communities affected were Shiwaka, Unguwan Bagudu and Sabonlayi, adding that more corpses would be found in the bushes if a thorough search was conducted.
According to him, the residents could not pay the levies imposed on them by the terrorist, hence the communities were attacked.
Isa also appealed to President Bola Tinubu government to tackle the menace of banditry headlong.
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Police Command is yet to comment of the incident.


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Kaduna: There Was Overvoting During Governorship Election, Witness Tells Tribunal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 25, 2023
The witness, who adopted his deposition as his evidence before Justice Victor Oviawe’s panel, explained that seven hundred voters were accredited, while eight hundred votes were counted at the conclusion of the election.
Abubakar also told the court that after he voted, stayed back but after the counting, the election result was not announced at the polling unit as prescribed by the Electoral Act.
Another witness, Lantana Mikaila, told the tribunal that the election process was peaceful at the early stage but later became disorderly.
During the resumed hearing yesterday, the petitioners, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Isa Ashiru and his party called five witnesses to give their testimonies of over voting in their respective polling units.
The court adjourned the case until today to further cross-examine other witnesses.


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Kaduna: Three Out Of Four Kidnapped Seminary Students Regain Freedom - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 1, 2020
TheGood Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, said three of its students kidnapped on January9 have been freed by their captors.
TheSeminary’s Registrar Reverend Father Joel Usman, who announced their release ina brief statement in Kaduna, however said one student is still at large.
TheKaduna State Police Command Spokesman Yakubu Sabo, also confirmed the releaseof the students, adding that one of the victims is still in captivity.
Itwould be recalled that the students were abducted from their hostel by gunmendressed in military uniform on January 9.

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Kaduna Trade Fair: State Governments Key Allies For Successful Businesses – Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 31, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has described stategovernments as key allies for successful businesses in the country.
Buhari made the statement at the opening of the 40thKaduna International Trade Fair, organised by the Kaduna Chambers of Commerce,Industry, Mines and Agriculture KADCCIMA.
The theme, “Consolidating Interface Between Industryand Agriculture for Nigeria’s Sustainable Development”.
Buhari, who was represented at the occasion by theMinister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelama, said that thecommitment of state governments was required for businesses to stay on course.
He gave the assurance that the Federal Governmentwould continue to engage KADCCIMA and the organised private sector to catalyseinvestment and improve the ease of doing business.
According to him, agriculture contributes 25.5 percent of Nigeria’s GDP and almost 50 per cent of its labour force.


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Kaduna Train Attack: Terrorists Release Three More Victims - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 25, 2022
The victims, who consist of two males and a female, secured their freedom around 11 am on Monday.
They were released by the terrorists at a location inside the forest along
the Kaduna – Abuja highway.  From there, they were picked up by their
relatives.
So far, 22 victims have regained their freedom.
It is however not clear if any money was paid to the terrorists to release their abducted victims.
With the release of the three victims, the number of those still in captivity now remains at 40.


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Kaduna: Troops Rescue 3 Farmers, Kill Bandit - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 18, 2019
Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have rescued three villagers abducted from their farms on Wednesday in Maro village along Kaduna-Abuja highway.
The Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 1-Division Nigerian Army Kaduna, Colonel Ezindu Idimah said that one of the kidnappers was killed in the operation.
Idimah said an AK47 rifle with two 7.62 special ammunition were recovered at the scene.
Also, the General Officer Commanding, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Faruk Yahaya has called on the public to report any person with gunshot wounds to the nearest security post for speedy action.

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Kaduna: Troops Rescue 4 More Kidnapped Students - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 15, 2019
Troops ofOperation Thunder Strike have rescued the remaining four students of GovernmentDay Secondary School Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State,who were abducted on their way to school on October 10.
The DeputyDirector Army Public Relations 1-Division Nigerian Army Kaduna, Colonel EzinduIdimah said that the students have been handed over to their parents at Gurmivillage.
According toIdimah, during the rescue operation, the bandits ran into the bush with gunshotwounds while abandoning the students after they had engaged the troops in a gunbattle.
He explainedthat Operation Thunder Strike was a Defence Headquarters operation withtroops  drawn from the Army, Air Force, Police, State Services and CivilDefence Corps.
It would berecalled that bandits terrorizing Kaduna/Abuja highway kidnapped ten studentsof the school while on their way to school.

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Kaduna: Unknown Gunmen Kill 22 In Zangon Kataf Villages - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 6, 2020
About 22 persons, commonly women and children, have been allegedly killed Wednesday night, with many persons still missing for as bandicts again attacked four Atyap villages in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The villages includes; Apyiashyim, Atak’mawai, Kibori, and Kurmin-Masara all in Atyap Chiefdom.
A resident of Atak’mawai village, Irimiya Gandu, who confirmed the incident, said about 13 persons were killed and many houses burnt down. He added that the gunmen arrived the area around 1am when most of the villagers have fallen asleep.
Another resident from Apiashyim community, Jonathan Ishaya said six persons were killed during the attack in his community and the village almost razed. He added that the gunmen stormed the community heavily armed at around 11pm on Wednesday and started shooting sporadically. Ishaya said in Kibori, six persons were killed and many houses burnt while in Atak Mawai Zango, three people were confirmed killed and houses burnt. It was also gathered that two herdsmen were attacked on Tuesday while rearing their cattle at Gora Gan village in Zangon Kataf LGA.
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Kaduna Urban Agency Demolishes 9 Structures In Barnawa, Narayi - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 24, 2021
KASUPDA Spokesperson, Nuhu Garba in Kaduna in a statement said the demolition followed the expiration of notices issued to the affected owners of the structures.
It explained that dilapidated and abandoned strictures were removed due to security threats on Uganda street Barnawa.
The authority stressed on the need for communities and others residents to co-operate with the State Government Urban Renewal Initiative.
In another development, Troops of Operation Safe Haven says it has rescued 15 commuters in Jagindi, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the development in a statement in Kaduna, said the 15 commuters were kidnapped from two vehicles in the area while on transit and the troops responded to a distress call and mobiliised swiftly to the location to rescue.
Aruwan added that the Acting Governor Hadiza Balarabe received the report on the rescue with satisfaction and thanked the troops for their swift response which resulted in the rescue of the commuters.


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Kaduna Votes Recount: Appeal Court Adjoins PDP Case To July 3rd - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 27, 2019
The case between the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the last election in Kaduna State, Isa Ashiru Kudan versus the Independent National Electoral commission INEC, Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-rufai and the All Progressive Congress APC in Appeal Court sitting in Kaduna has been adjoined to July 3rd, 2019.
Liberty News Correspondent, Muhammed Idris reports that Justice Hussaini Mukhtar who presided over the case stated this on the ground that one of the counsels said his client was served late and need five days to study the appellant brief and secondly, two of the judges were absent hence the panel of judges that was supposed to be seven had only five present including the presiding judge, justice Husaini Muktar.
Meanwhile, before the commencement of the case, Justice Husaini Muktar has assured of the panel commitment of discharging its duties to the best of its ability, in line with judicial law. He also advise legal luminary appearing for their clients  to showcase good ethnics while appearing before the court.
PDP is asking for the recount of votes cast in the last governorship election in Kaduna State which the governorship election petition tribunal in the state earlier dismiss in its ruling.


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Kaduna: We Will Not Support Another Competency Test, N.U.T. Vows - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 20, 2021
The Kaduna state government had on July 14, announced plans to
conduct another competency test for primary school teachers to ensure
quality teaching in basic schools.
It would be recalled that the state government had, in January 2018,
sacked about 22,000 teachers for allegedly failing a competency test
conducted in 2017.
The union, in a communique it issued at the end of an emergency
meeting of its Executive Council, held in Kaduna argued that writing a
competency test does not determine the skill of a teacher.
The union said it supported the competency test conducted in 2017 to
improve the quality of teaching and learning in public primary schools in
the state, but has now unanimously resolved that no teacher in public
primary school will sit for a competency test again.


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Kagame Accuses Burundi Army Of Fighting In Dr Congo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 28, 2020
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has accused Burundi’s army of fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, even as he denied claims of deploying his own troops to the region.
Tens of thousands of locals have been displaced in South Kivu province of D.R. Congo in the conflict that has escalated in the past few days.
Rwanda and Burundi troops have been accused by locals and foreign non-governmental organisations NGOs of fighting alongside rival militia groups in eastern DR Congo.
In a video press conference, Kagame told journalists that NGOs and observers don’t look at what is happening there, but want to see Rwandan army presence.
Burundi’s president spokesperson Jean Claude Karerwa denied Kagame claims on Burundi army.


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Kagame Reshuffles Cabinet And Military - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 5, 2019
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has made majorchanges to his cabinet and security establishment, appointing a new army chiefand dropping a minister who has not been seen in public for months.
Major General Jean Bosco Kazura has been promoted toa four star general and appointed the chief of defence staff, taking over GenPatrick Nyamvumba who is now the new minister of internal security.
A former head of the football federation who alsoserved as commander of UN peacekeepers mission in Mali MINUSMA, Kazura, wasuntil recently the head of the military college in northern Rwanda.
Richard Sezibera, who was the minister of foreignaffairs from October 2018, has been replaced by Vincent Biruta who was theenvironment minister.
A medical doctor and the former secretary general ofthe East African Community, Sezibera, has been missing in public since Julywhen he attended the Commonwealth foreign affairs ministers’ meeting in London.
His health and whereabouts have been a matter ofspeculation in Rwanda, but the government has kept silence citing theminister’s right to privacy.

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Kajuru Attack: FG Re-Assures Of Adequate Security Nationwide - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 24, 2019
The Federal Government has assured that the securityagencies are doing everything possible to ensure that the three persons whowere kidnapped in the Kajuru Castle Resort attack in Kaduna state are releasedunharmed.
The Minister of Information and Culture  Lai Mohammed in a statement condoled with thefamilies of the two persons, a Nigerian and a Briton, who were killed in  attack promising that the killers will beapprehended and brought to justice.
The Minister said the dastardly attack that led tothe death of Faye Mooney, a British aid worker, and Matthew Oguche, a Nigerian,while visiting the popular resort, is a setback to efforts to promote tourismin the country.
He said the Federal Government has recently steppedup efforts to stem the wave of violence and banditry in some parts of thecountry, through better intelligence gathering and increased collaboration bythe security agencies.


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Kajuru Attack: Police Confirm Killing Of 21, Rustling Of 50 Cows - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 10, 2019
Residents of Banono and Akut villages in KajuruLocal Government Area, Kaduna State have fled the communities, for fear offurther attacks.
Twenty villagers were killed in early attack byunknown gunmen, who stormed the village in military uniform.
The Kaduna State Police confirmed that 21 personswere killed in the attacks.
The commands spokesman Yakubu Sabo in a statementsaid efforts were on to apprehend the fleeing bandits, who also rustled about50 cows.
He added that reinforcement of more policeoperatives have been drafted to the area for intensive combing and patrol witha view to forestall further breakdown of law and order and reprisal.


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Kajuru Castle Attack: Kidnappers Killed A British Expatriate In Kaduna - Police - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 21, 2019
The Police Command in Kaduna state has identified the expatriate killed by suspected kidnappers in Kajuru as Faye Mooney, a Briton.
The Command Public Relation Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo disclosed to the newsmen on Sunday in Kaduna.
Miss Mooney was among the two people killed and three kidnapped on April 19 at a recreational resort in Kajuru Local Government Area by suspected kidnappers.
Mr Sabo said Miss Mooney was a staff of Mercy Corps Nigeria.
He added that the police were still on course to rescue the kidnapped victims and bring the perpetrators to book.
On April 20, the Command confirmed the killing of two persons and kidnap of three others at a recreational resort in Kajuru LGAs.
“At about 23:40hrs on Friday, some suspected kidnappers, armed with dangerous weapons, gained entry into a recreational resort called Kajuru Castle in Kajuru LGA.
“The bandits shot sporadically and in the process shot dead two persons including an expatriate lady and took away three others.”
He disclosed that patrol teams led by the DPO rushed to the scene and evacuated the victims to St. Gerald Hospital.
Sabo said investigation revealed that the victims, along with 12 others, were tourists from Lagos, adding that the incident happened during the after party at the castle located at the Hill Top.
“Normally, whenever such social events would happen, the organisers used to inform the police for security coverage, but the party was done without the knowledge of the police in the area as traditionally done.
“However, intensive efforts are being made by the command to rescue the kidnapped persons, apprehend the fleeing culprits and bring them to justice.”
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Kajuru Crisis: La’ah Wants Gov’t To Expedite Action For Lasting Solution - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
April 27, 2019
The Senator Representing Kaduna South, Danjuma La’ah has urged the State Government to expedite action to end the lingering crisis in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The Senator condemned the incident which he said had remained unabated, urging the state government to as a matter of urgency, intensify efforts towards the protection of lives and prosperity.
The state government had on Friday in a Statement, imposed twenty hour curfew in Kajuru, following fresh crisis in Kasuwan-Magani community.
The Lawmaker said the state government should use every might at its disposal to restore the confidence of residents of the affected areas, through deployment of additional security force. He noted that a quick intervention would curb possible escalation of the crisis.


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Kajuru Crisis: Reps To Probe Killings - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 20, 2019
The House of Representatives has condemned the incessantattacks and killings by bandits in Kajuru area of Kaduna state and resolved toinvestigate the crisis.
This was sequel to a motion under matters of urgentnational importance, moved by Yakubu Barde at plenary.
Moving the motion, Barde stated that recently, theactivities of the bandits had taken a strange dimension, thus, becoming a majorconcern to the various communities in Kajuru area.
He said between February and March, over hundreds oflives had been lost with property, worth millions of naira destroyed as well asseveral families displaced and rendered homeless.
The House, however, mandated security agencies tointensify efforts in stemming the tide of the attacks and killings and ensurethat peace and normalcy returned to the area.


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Kajuru Crisis: Stakeholders Ask El-Rufa’i To Release Detainees - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
April 16, 2019
Some stakeholders in Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State have urged the state’s Peace Commission to prevail on Governor Nasir El-Rufai to facilitate the release of Adara leaders arrested after recent killings in the area.
The members of the peace commission led by the Chairman, Reverend Josiah Idowu-Fearon, visited the area in their push for reconciliation among the warring communities.
Both the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN in the area, Makama Danjuma and Chairman of the local reconciliation committee Patrick Maigari, said the release of Adara community leaders would fast track reconciliation and engender confidence in the process.
Maigari said reintegration of the people for lasting peace was possible, but the first step should be the release of those in detention.  Also, JNI Chairman, Kajuru local government area Sheikh Dahiru Kabir, expressed regret over recurring attacks in the area after each reconciliation meetings.
Earlier, Idowu-Fearon, said the commission would continue to play its part until peace is achieved in the state.


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Kajuru: KDSG To Set Up Inquiry Commission On Killings - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 1, 2019
The Kaduna State Government is to set up a judicialcommission of inquiry into the recurring killings in Kajuru and Kachia LocalGovernment Areas of the state.
Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i made the statement when hevisited, Maro, Karamai and Sakiya communities in the area where 40 persons werekilled on Tuesday.
According to the governor, the commission, to bechaired by a senior High Court Judge, will investigate the root causes of thecrisis.
He said the committee would comprise of securityexperts who would also look into the killings and investigate those behind it.
El-Rufa’i explained that the committee would further look at what could be done to address the issues, how many people were arrested and under investigation over the killings and their states, and why none had been convicted by the courts.


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March 1, 2019
The Kaduna State Government is to set up a judicialcommission of inquiry into the recurring killings in Kajuru and Kachia LocalGovernment Areas of the state.
Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i made the statement when hevisited, Maro, Karamai and Sakiya communities in the area where 40 persons werekilled on Tuesday.
According to the governor, the commission, to bechaired by a senior High Court Judge, will investigate the root causes of thecrisis.
He said the committee would comprise of securityexperts who would also look into the killings and investigate those behind it.
El-Rufa’i explained that the committee would furtherlook at what could be done to address the issues, how many people were arrestedand under investigation over the killings and their states, and why none hadbeen convicted by the courts.


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Kajuru Killings: El-Rufai, Again Meets Monarchs, Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 21, 2020
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Umaru Muri says several of the people behind the killings in the Kajuru Local Government Area have been arrested.
He made this known after a meeting between the Governor, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, security chiefs, Adara and Fulani leaders over the continuous attacks in Kajuru. Violent attacks in some communities in Kajuru have resulted in the loss of many lives and property.
The Commissioner however, refused to disclose the number of suspects arrested, but cautioned against reprisals, saying that cannot solve the problem and all concerned should desist from it. Both the Adara and Fulani have been cautioned not to take the laws into their own hands.
According to the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union SOKAPU, the latest attacks claimed 27 lives in Gonar-Rogo, Idanu and Makyali. However, the police said only 15 people were killed, with other five sustaining various degrees of injury.
The Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly Zailani, the Commissioner  for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan;  and representative of  the Chikun/Kajuru in the House of Representatives, Umar  Barde, also joined the meeting chaired by El-Rufai at the Government House   in Kaduna.


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Kajuru Killings: El-Rufai Pleads With Fulani Against Reprisals After Death Of 66 Members - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 17, 2019
Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai has pleadedwith the Fulani community not to engage in reprisal attacks after 66 of theirmembers were killed in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state.
The governor, who made the plea in Kajuru during ameeting with various stakeholders, said killings have become incessant in Iriaxis, including Kuturo, Unguwar Barde, Maro gida among other areas in the localgovernment.
The governor alleged that some elders in thecommunities were responsible for the killings having provided weapons to theyouths who carried out the attacks.
He called on the youths to stop the unnecessarykillings in the area, warning that anyone of them caught would also face deathpenalty.
El-Rufa’i said the recurring killings in the localgovernment have stunted its growth, noting that no community develops withoutpeace; all developmental projects are meant for the youths as they arebeneficiaries in the long run.
He condoled families whose relatives were killedduring the attack and promised to render help to victims whose houses wereburnt.

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Kajuru killings: PDP condoles with victims’ families, tasks state govt. On security - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 22, 2019
The Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State hascondoled with the
Kaduna State Government and families of 130 victimskilled by
suspected gun men in Kajuru Local Government Area,of the state.
State Chairman of the PDP Felix Hyat, extended themessage of
condolences during a press conference in Kaduna.
Hyat said however, that security agents must provideconvincing
explanation to the families and people of the stateover the carnage.
He also gave a rundown of what he described asnegative events in the
past few weeks in state.
According to him, the PDP had called for calm andrestraint.
Hyat called on the governor to sincerely pursue thisnoble intention and
ensure the sanctity of this date by providingadequate security for hitch
free polls.
On INEC’s readiness for the February23 polls, Hyatconfirmed INEC
has distributed election materials to all the 23Local Government Areas
of the state.

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Kajuru Killings: PDP Governor Candidate Condemns Act, Says It Is Callous, Barbaric - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 18, 2019
The Kaduna state PDP Gubernatorial Candidate IsaAshiru Kudan has described the recent killings of innocent souls in KajuruLocal Government area as callous and barbaric.
A statement he issued in Kaduna on Monday, Ashiruexpressed his condolences to the families of the victims, the people of thearea and Kaduna state.
He urged the government and security agencies toensure those who carried out the heinous crime are fish out and punish.
The Gubernatorial candidate urged people of thestate to embrace peace and eschew violence.
He pledged to accord priority to security of livesand property if elected.

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Kajuru Killings: Police Confirm 29 Dead In Fresh Attack - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 27, 2019
The Kaduna state police command has confirmed thedeath of 29 persons including a policeman in fresh attack in Kajuru LocalGovernment Area of Kaduna State on Tuesday morning.
Thefigure was given by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ahmad Abdur-Rahmanduring a news briefing in his office.
The commissioner added that two policemen wereinjured in the attack while 40 houses were burnt.
They received information that unknown gunmenentered Karmai village in Kajuru and started shooting.
According to him, the attackers went from hamlet tohamlet burning houses and killing people.
Abdur-Rahman saidthat the deployment of more security personnel to the area had brought thesituation under control.
The police chief, however, said no arrest has beenmade, but assured that the perpetrators would be arrested and prosecuted.

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Kajuru Killings: UK ‘Saddened’ Over Dozens Of Deaths In Kaduna Hamlets - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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Kajuru: Police Assure Communities Of Protection, Equal Treatment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 22, 2019
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police AhmadAbdurrahman has
assured all communities in Kajuru Local Governmentof equal treatment
and protection in spite of recent killings in thearea.
Abdurrahman who met with newsmen in Kaduna forupdate on the
security situation in the area, said the policecommand was conducting
thorough investigation on the crisis.
He explained that the killing of scores of Fulanisin the area was a
retaliatory attack after suspected Fulani gunmen hadkilled some locals
of Adara tribe.
He disclosed that the police had made arrest ofsuspects on both sides
and is conducting “balanced investigation” to bringperpetrators of the
two attacks to book.
The commissioner refused to be drawn into the actualnumber of deaths,
saying its difficult to get the exact number ofpeople killed in the second
attack because of the terrain.
Abdurrahman urged the media to be part of efforts tofinding lasting
solutions to the recurring communal conflicts in thelocal government,
assuring that the police would continue to quenchthe fire, arrest and
prosecute suspects.


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Kammala Zabe: Ba Mu Da Uzurin Faduwa Sauran Zabubbukan Da Za A Mamaitawa - Osinbajo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 15, 2019
MataimakinShugaban Kasa Farfesa Yemi Osinbajo, ya ce babu dalilin da zai sa jam’iyyar APCta yi sanyin jiki ko jan-kafa wajen tabbatar da ganin ta lashe zabubbukan da zaa maimata a wasu jihohi ranar 23 Ga Maris.
Adukkan jihohin da za maimaita zabubbukan dai jam’iyyar PDP ce kan gaba in banda jihar Filato.
Osinbajoya yi wannan furuci ne, yayin da ya karbi bakuncin shugabannin kungiyar yakinneman zaben Buhari da Osinbajo da aka shirya wa walimar cin abinci a FadarShugaban Kasa da ke Abuja.
FarfesaYemi Osinbajo, ya gode masu dangane da rawar da su ka taka wajen sake zaben jam’iyyarAPC ta cigaba da mulki a Nijeriya.
Yace a wannan zango na biyu, tattalin arziki zai bunkasa ta yadda Nijeriya za tazama kasaitacciyar kasa.


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Kanam Killings: President Buhari Directs Arrest Of Perpetrators - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 13, 2022
He ordered law enforcement agencies to work strenuously with the
government of the state to bring the situation under control and take
steps to bring the culprits to justice quickly.
President Buhari expressed condolences over the terrorist incident,
saying that as a matter of priority, peace must return at all costs to the
state and the entire country.
Gunmen reportedly killed over 100 persons in fresh attacks on some
communities in Kanam and Wase Local Government Areas of Plateau
State , North-central Nigeria.
The attacks, which happened on Sunday, were carried out in Kukawa,
Gyambawu, Dungur, Kyaram, Yelwa, Dadda, Wanka, Shuwaka,
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Kankara Abduction: Release Of School Children, Cheering News – CAN, JNI - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 21, 2020
Chairman of the chapter Reverend John Joseph Hayab, who gave the commendation in a statement issued in Kaduna, however, noted that the spirit and tempo that the government and the security agencies deployed to get the children back home should be sustained and engaged to get others still in captivity to return home.
He said he could imagine the joy, peace, and excitement of the parents and all well-wishers on the heels of the good news heralding the school children’s return. Hayab also noted that to make many more homes, families and communities happy, they appeal to the government to double her effort to rescue many more Nigerians that are in the dens of bandits, criminals and terrorists.
In same vain, The Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI has lauded the Federal, Katsina and Zamfara State Governments, as well as security agencies, for successfully rescuing students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina, who were kidnapped on December 11.
Secretary-General of JNI, Khalid Aliyu, who gave the commendation in a statement issued in Kaduna to newsmen, said that rescue of the boys was an unprecedented feat that was worthy of commendation by all, particularly by well-meaning citizens.

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Kano: Anti-Graft Commission Files Fresh Charges Against Ganduje. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 18, 2024
Speaking on a TV programme on Tuesday, the Chairman of the anti-graft commission, Muhuyi Magaji, said what is happening now is a tip of the iceberg.
According to Magaji, Ganduje-led government took 1billion naira from the state treasury a month to the end of the administration but the money was sent to Bureau de Change operators and not used for road renovation as it was earmarked.
He said that though he was appointed by Ganduje to head the agency, he won’t hesitate to prosecute alleged corruption by his administration He added that there should


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Kano Election Results: Emir Sanusi Tasks Residents On Peaceful Coexistence - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 22, 2019
TheEmir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi the 2 has called on residents todesist from spreading rumour that can lead to violence following thedeclaration of governorship election in the state inconclusive.
Themonarch made the call while addressing a news conference at his Palace in Kanoon Tuesday.
Hesaid the call was necessary so as to douse the tension generated in the city asa result of the declaration of the governorship election inconclusive by theIndependent National Electoral Commission INEC on Monday.
Hesaid the law empowers only INEC to announce election results stressing that,“that should be respected by the people.”
Hewarned those sharing results not released by the electoral body to stop, inorder not to mislead people.
TheEmir also advised politicians not to heat up the polity by making comments thatcould lead to violence in the state.


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Kano Election Results: Emir Sanusi Tasks Residents On Peaceful Coexistence - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 12, 2019
TheEmir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi the 2 has called on residents todesist from spreading rumour that can lead to violence following thedeclaration of governorship election in the state inconclusive.
Themonarch made the call while addressing a news conference at his Palace in Kanoon Tuesday.
Hesaid the call was necessary so as to douse the tension generated in the city asa result of the declaration of the governorship election inconclusive by theIndependent National Electoral Commission INEC on Monday.
Hesaid the law empowers only INEC to announce election results stressing that,“that should be respected by the people.”
Hewarned those sharing results not released by the electoral body to stop, inorder not to mislead people.
The Emir also advised politicians not to heat up the polity by making comments that could lead to violence in the state.


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Kano Election: Tribunal Upholds Governor Ganduje’s Election, Dismisses Yusuf’s Petition - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 2, 2019
TheKano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has upheld the election ofGovernor Abdullahi Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress, APC by dismissingthe People’s Democratic Party’s, PDP petition.
ThePDP candidate, Abba Kabir-Yusuf had challenged the victory of Ganduje in theMarch 23 governorship election.
Thethree man panel led by the Chairman, Justice Halima Shamaki, deliveringjudgment upheld Ganduje as the duly elected and held that PDP failed to proveall the allegations against him.
Ina unanimous judgment, the tribunal struck out some sections of the petitionbecause they were just speculations and held that the petitioners failed togive the number of votes for the March 9 election by tendering certified truecopies of result sheets.
Heheld that the PDP candidate failed to establish his petitions against Ganduje,saying that the cancellation of two hundred and seven polling units wasconstitutional and valid.

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Kano Emirate: Mixed Reactions Trail Emir Sanusi’s Dethronement - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 10, 2020
A cross-section of Nigerians has reacted to the dethronement of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi the second.
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACFhas called for calm following the dethronement of the Emir of Kano, MuhammadSanusi over what the Kano State Government described as disrespect to lawfulinstructions from the Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and other lawful authorities.
The National Publicity Secretary,Muhammad Ibrahim Biu in a statement explained that the forum it had earlierintervened in the dispute between the Kano State government and Kano EmirateCouncil and had called for an amicable resolve. It noted that with yesterday’sturn of actions, it called for calm and understanding among the citizens ofKano and Nigerians.
Senator Shehu Sani, on his part,said the removal of Emir Sanusi signifies the incompatibility of the crown andconscience, the consequences of conflict against established rules and theheavy price of holding principles in the North.
In his reaction, a veteranjournalist Dele Momodu tweeted that he hoped now that Governor Ganduje, butcriticized the action.


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Kano Gov. Re-Run: PDP Calls For Cancellation Of Election, Says Thugs Have Taken Over Process - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 23, 2019
ThePeople’s Democratic Party, PDP in Kano State has called on the IndependentNational Electoral Commission, INEC to cancel the re-run governorship election heldacross the 28 local government areas of the state, alleging that thugs havetaken over the process.
TheActing Chairman of the party, Rabiu Sulaiman-Bichi, made the call whileaddressing a news conference in Kano on Saturday.
Hesaid there was need for the commission to cancel the election as the processhad completely been taken over by armed political thugs.
Accordingto Bichi, the thugs were allegedly brought from Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna,Plateau and other neighbouring states and were “armed to the teeth” posing asvoters in the polling units in the localities.
Thechairman alleged that the thugs freely voted with the PVCs that did not belongto them, while some posed as INEC staff. He said as a peace-loving party, thePDP had alerted security agencies in addition to writing a Letter of Caution tothe INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state on the situation.


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Kano Government, France Partner To Boost Agriculture - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 24, 2021
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje said this in Kano while receiving Ambassador of France to Nigeria Jérôme Pasquier
Ganduje, who was represented by his Deputy, Nasiru Yusuf-Gawuna, said the partnership will further unlock the economic potential of the state.
The governor thanked the government of France for executing rural access roads.
He urged investors to further explore the vast opportunities for human and natural resources in Kano.
The governor also reiterated the commitment of the state government to sustain the partnership in the education sector and provision of portable water.
Earlier, Pasquier said he was in Kano to deepen the relations between Nigeria and France.
He assured of his country’s support and cooperation to the Kano Government to enhance socio-economic activities.


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Kano Governorship Election: Tribunal Reserves Judgment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 18, 2019
The Kano StateGovernorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday reserved judgment in apetition filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its gubernatorialcandidate, Abba Kabir-Yusuf.
The PDP and Kabir-Yusufare challenging the declaration of Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje as the winner ofMarch 23 election.
Chairman of thetribunal, Justice Halima Shamaki, after listening to the parties in the mattersaid that the judgment date would be communicated to them.
Shamaki thanked theparties for their cooperation and support to the tribunal for doing justice toall matters before it.
Earlier, Counsel tothe INEC, Ahmad Raji, SAN, while adopting his final written addresses, prayedthe tribunal to dismiss the petition for lacking in merit.
Counsel to Ganduje,Offiong Offiong SAN, adopting his final written addresses, also prayed the  tribunal to dismiss the petition.
Alex Eziyon, SAN, APCCounsel described PDP’s petition as incompetent, having claimed by thepetitioners that the lawful cancellation of 207 results was unjustifiable.

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Kano Governorship: INEC Declares Election Inconclusive - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 12, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC hasdeclared the governorship election in Kano State as inconclusive.
The Returning Officer for the Governorship election in thestate Bibi Shehu announced this shortly after the compilation of the electionresults from the 44 Local Government Areas in the state in Kano
According to him, the declaration of the election as inconclusiveis in accordance with section 26 of the INEC Act. He said the number ofcanceled votes cast is beyond the margin between the candidate with the highestvotes and the one that came second.
Shehu explained that the difference between the candidateof  the People’s Democratic Party, PDPAbba Kabir-Yusuf, who leads in the votes declared, and that APC candidate,Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who cane second, was 26,000 votes, while the votescancelled were 128,572.
He said that INEC would fix a date to conduct election in172 polling units, where the election was cancelled due to disturbances, overvoting and non-usage of the card reader machine.


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Kano Govt Affirms Commitment To End Drug Abuse, Other Vices - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 12, 2021
The State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, stated this when she visited Karaye Emirate Council.
Muhammad-Umar said the state government has set modalities in place to ensure that all forms of societal vices become history.
The commissioner also sought the support of the Karaye Emirate Council in the fight against drug abuse and called on philanthropists and other stakeholders in the state to assist in taking drug abuse victims to the Kiru Reformatory Centre, in order to rehabilitate them and reduce the effect of drug abuse which encourages criminal activities in the society.
Muhammad-Umar commended Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, for rehabilitating the Kiru Reformatory Centre.
She further explained that the mission of Rehabilitating Karaye Women centers was to eradicate poverty from the grass root.
In his remark, the Emir of Karaye, Ibrahim Abubakar II, commended the state government’s effort in the fight against drug abuse, adding that the Kiru Reformatory Centre was committed to promoting good morals among drug abusers.

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Kano Govt Closes School Where Five-Year- Old Hanifa Was Killed, Buried - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 21, 2022
Five-year-old Hanifa was abducted late last year and one of those
involved in the operation was her teacher, Abdulmalik Mohammed
Tanko.
The abductors demanded a ransom of N6million but went ahead to kill
her after receiving the money.
Across social media, the hashtag #JusticeForHanifa began to trend late
Thursday, with many sympathising with the family and calling for
justice to be served.

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Kano Govt. Eases Lockdown, And Summons Market Leaders - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 2, 2020
The Kano State Government has eased the lockdown which was imposed on the state in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
In line with the Federal Government’s directives regarding how state governments can ease their lockdown exercises, the Kano state government has released guidelines and established protocols on how to manage access to markets and locations of economic activities to limit the risk of continuous transmission.
The State’s Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, noted in a statement that after critical review and due consultations with key public health professionals regarding the situation in Kano; market operations, religious gatherings and movement of persons are now allowed on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 6:00am to 6:00pm.
Garba said Governor Ganduje has summoned an emergency meeting with market leaders on how to ensure strict observance of safety and prevention protocols in markets and business places.
The commissioner also pointed out that while these restrictions have been lifted, interstate movements except for goods, agricultural produce and essential services are still restricted.


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Kano Govt. To Partner Eman On Environmental Challenges –Gov. Ganduje - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 10, 2021
Ganduje, represented by the state Commissioner of Environment, Kabiru Getso, said this at the EMAN 2021 annual conference in Kano.
He noted that the government had recruited 1,000 sanitation vanguards to ensure strict compliance with environmental laws.
The governor said that massive desilting was ongoing to address major and minor drainages in the state to prevent flooding.
Ganduje commended EMAN for holding the conference in Kano and urged them to probe into different environmental challenges facing the different geo-political zones of the country and proffer solutions.
The Director-General DG, National Environmental Standards and Regulations Agency NESREA Aliyu Jauro, said the agency had implemented the extended producer responsibility EPR programme in Nigeria.

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Kano GOVT To Sustain Promote UNICEF’S GEP Iii Project - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2022
The Chairman of the School Based Management Committee, SBMC Tijjani Baraya made this known to Newsmen in Kano.
In the same vein, a member of the mothers’ association in Sumaila Local Government Area of Kano State, Amina Adamu said the project was an eye opener for her.
However, some of the students who took part in the project revealed that the project is a life changing experience.
The project which began in 2012 is being implemented in Bauchi, Kano, Katsina, Niger, Sokoto and Zamfara, supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office of the United Kingdom, UK which was implemented in 300 girl’s schools in six local government areas in Kano.
Meanwhile, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje said the State Government recorded increased school enrollment of over 3 million pupils of which over 2000 of the figure in the 2019-2020 annual school census were girls, indicating 96 per cent increase on Girl Child enrolment in the state.

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Kano Guber: INEC Officer Says He Did Not Cancel Election Results - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 24, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Returning Officer who supervises Kano state governorship election, in Nassarwa local government, Ibrahim Khaleel has refuted the allegations of issues of over-voting and violence attributed to the cancellation of the outcome of the elections in Gama ward.
Read this: Nullification Of My Election, A Miscarriage Of Justice — Dino Melaye
TheUniversity don, who appeared before the state Election Petition Tribunal, onsummon, said there were no formal reports of cases of violence and over-votingduring the governorship election held on March 9th in Gama ward.
According toKhaleel, the INEC Returning Officer assigned to Gama only failed to reconcilethe results scored by the gubernatorial contestants, adding that twice, he gaveorder to the ward Returning Officer to reconcile the discrepancies evident in theward results.
Earlier,Khaleel told the judicial panel that disorder occurred at the local governmentcollation centre, alleging that, former member of the Federal House ofRepresentatives, Farouk Lawal and others resort to intimidating him.


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Kano Guber Re-Run: Ganduje Applauds Supporters For His Re-Election - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 25, 2019
GovernorAbdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has thanked the people of the state forre-electing him for a second term.
TheIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC declared Ganduje, winner of theKano State governorship supplementary election held Saturday.
Inthe supplementary election held in 28 out of the 44 local government areas inthe state, Ganduje won by scoring 45,876 votes to the PDP Abba Yusuf’s 10,239.
StateReturning Officer Bello Shehu announced that Ganduje scored a total vote of1,033,695 while Yusuf polled 1,024,713.
Ganduje,who made the promise in his re-election speech on Sunday night in Kano, calledon all to join hands with him to build the state. He also said that he wouldrun an all-inclusive government that will carry everyone along in theadministration of the state.


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Kano PDP: Court Nullifies Governorship Primary Election Orders Fresh Conduct - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 1, 2019
Barelyfive days to the governorship election, a Federal High Court in Kano on Mondaynullified the governorship primary election conducted by the Peoples DemocraticParty, PDP, which produced Abba Kabir-Yusuf as the PDP’s flag-bearer in thestate.
Thecancellation of the primary election followed the suit filed before the Court,by one of the party gubernatorial aspirants, Ibrahim Ali-Amin, who challengedthe legitimacy of the process which produced Kabir-Yusuf as candidate.
Al-Aminalleged that the PDP during the primary election “sidelined and booted him out”of the race.
Deliveringa ruling, Justice Lewis Alagua, nullified the election on the premise that theparty had no incontrovertible reason to deny the plaintiff participating in theprimary election because he formally brought his expression and nominationform.
Alaguaalso held that denying the plaintiff the right to participate in the primaryelection, contravened the provision of the Electoral Act.
Heordered for a valid fresh primary election before the forthcoming governorshipelection on March 9 in the country.


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Kano Political Crisis: Judge Reverses Self, Vacates Order Suspending Ganduje. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 25, 2024
Justice Na’Abba vacated his earlier order upon reading a Motion Ex-Parte together with an affidavit and a written address dated the 22nd day of April, 2024 sworn to by one Glory Adah, a litigation secretary in the law firm of lawyers to Ganduje.
The judge reversed himself by granting an interim injunction staying the order earlier slammed on the APC national chairman.
The interim injunction order was for stay of the execution of the order of interim injunction contained in the ruling of the court delivered on the 17th April, 2024 directing parties to maintain status quo ante as at the 15th day of April, 2024 in relation to the suspension of the APC national chair by the Ganduje Ward Executive Committee pending the hearing and determination of matter.


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Kano Politics: Court Sacks Apc Exco Loyal To Gov. Ganduje - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 30, 2021
Delivering a ruling on the reliefs sought by Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, Justice Hamza Muazu, granted all the reliefs sought.
The Shekarau faction is seeking a declaration that the Ganduje-led group did not conduct ward and local government congresses.
It would be recalled that parallel congresses were held in Kano, with Abdullahi Abbas emerging as Chairman of the Ganduje-led group and Ahmadu Zago emerging Chairman of the Shekarau-led group.
The court granted the reliefs seeking a declaration that the Plaintiffs are the authentic and democratically elected exco and ought to be recognised by the Defendants as the 27 elected ward executive committee members for each of the 484 Wards in Kano State; 5-elected Ward delegates for or to each of the 44-Local Government Areas; and 5 – elected Ward delegates per ward for or to the State Party Congress on July, 31 2021.
The court also granted reliefs nullifying, voiding, and or setting aside any other list of any other report or directives given by the Defendants on 9th August 2021 or any other date, other than the valid, and authentic summary result sheets for Ward Congress, Elected Delegates and State Delegates of Kano State consisting of the Plaintiffs’ names as the duly, valid and democratically elected Ward Executive Committees, Ward Delegates to the Local Government Areas and Ward delegates to the State Party Congress of the APC of Kano State.

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